Emilio Greco

Emilio Greco (born October 11, 1913 in Catania , † April 5, 1995 in Rome ) was an Italian sculptor, medalist , graphic artist and draftsman.

Life

Emilio Greco grew up in Sicily . In 1934 he was accepted into the Accademia di Belle Arti in Palermo . The first artistic work was interrupted by the Second World War, during which Greco was repeatedly drafted into the army. In 1947 he got a studio in the Villa Massimo in Rome . From 1955 to 1967 he taught sculpture at the Art Academy in Naples. In Orvieto and in his native city of Catania there are museums dedicated to him.

Exhibitions (selection)

1950: XXIV Biennale di Venezia
1950: "Contemporary Italian Art", Munich
1956: XXVIII Biennale di Venezia
1958: Palazzo Barberini , Rome
1959: Städtische Galerie , Munich
1959: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen (June 6, 1959 - July 5, 1959)
1960: "The sculptor Emilio Greco sculpture and drawings", Künstlerhaus Vienna
1970: Palazzo dei Diamanti , Ferrara
1980: Palazzo Soliano, Orvieto
1987: "Emilio Greco Sculture 1948-79", Palazzo Nervi, Turin
2005: "Emilio Greco Scultore", Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Works (selection)

In Collodi (near Pescia) there is the sculpture of the world-famous Pinocchio, the Greco in the birthplace of the mother of the writer Carlo Collodi , nee. than Carlo Lorenzini created.

The great bather no.1 (1956) in Marl
The great bather No. 3 (1957) in the sculpture park at the Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo / NL
Pinocchio in the Parco di Pinocchio, Collodi

literature

Sculptures and drawings , afterword by Daniele Grassi, Piper, Munich 1959
Bernhard Degenhart : The sculptor Emilio Greco , Kupferberg, Berlin 1960

Web links

Commons : Emilio Greco - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Emilio Greco in the catalog of the German National Library
Archivio Emilio Greco (Italian)

Individual evidence

^ Emilio Greco Italian sculptor. Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed November 11, 2015 .
^ Jobst C. Knigge: Italian artists in the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome 1947-1957 , Humboldt University Berlin 2018 (open access)

personal data
SURNAME	Greco, Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	October 11, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Catania
DATE OF DEATH	April 5, 1995
Place of death	Rome

[1] Emilio Greco Italian sculptor. Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed November 11, 2015 .

[2] Jobst C. Knigge: Italian artists in the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome 1947-1957 , Humboldt University Berlin 2018 (open access)